To Chen Gongpei
(November 4, 1936)
For the perusal of my esteemed elder brother, Gongpei:
For several years we have not met. My colleagues and I have learned with great
admiration about your continuous and unrelenting struggle. The great distance
between us makes a face-to-face meeting impossible. I hope that we will often
write to keep each other informed. We count on your personal involvement in
promoting the united front of all parties. Toward our countrymen, we must turn
hostility into friendship; toward our external enemy, we must seek to fight a
united war of resistance; we must strive to link the national revolutionary war
and the democratic republic, and achieve a completely victorious future for both
of them. One's strength of character is tested in a crisis. I hope we will struggle
together!
Wishing you success in all your endeavors!
Mao Zedong
We have translated this telegram from Mao Zedong junshi wenji, Vol. 1, p. 647, where it is
reproduced from a copy in the Central Archives.
a copy in the Central Archives.
1. Chen Gongpei (1901–1968) was a native of Changsha, Hunan. He joined the
Communist Party in his early years. During the period of the People's Revolutionary
Government of Fujian, he was the liaison for the Nineteenth Route Army with the Red
Army.

Our source for this letter is Mao Zedong shuxin xuanji, p. 86, where it is reproduced from